Rhododendron Leaf

Rhododendron Leaf

(Zhejiang folk herbs)

[source] it is the tender leaves of Rhododendron, a Rhododendron family plant. The plant morphology is detailed in the section of "Rhododendron".

[chemical constituents] the leaves and twigs contain flavonoids, coumarin, triterpenoids, organic acids, amino acids, tannins, phenols, sterols, cardiac glycosides, volatile oil, etc.; the flavonoids include Rhododendron A and B, 0.012% Rhododendron alcohol and 0.4% Rhododendron glucoside. The leaves also contained 0.6% energetic acid and trichotoxin.

[pharmacological action] please refer to "naoyanghua".

Sour and smooth.

① Zhejiang folk commonly used herbal medicine: "the nature is flat, the taste is sour and pungent. "

② "Fujian Chinese herbal medicine": "micro glycine, warm. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping bleeding. For carbuncle, swelling, sores, traumatic bleeding, urticaria.

① "Classification of herbal medicine nature": "wash wind fire sores. "

② Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "detumescence and hemostasis. "

[usage and dosage] external use: tamping or boiling water bath.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat finger prickle, all kinds of positive swelling and toxin: appropriate amount of fresh Rhododendron branches and leaves, mash them like mud, apply them to the affected area, and change the dressing twice a day. Pain, swelling, not suppurative, can make dissipation. (prescription of Jiangxi folk herbal medicine)

② Treatment of eye injury: Rhododendron leaves mashed, add milk, external application. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

③ Treatment of traumatic bleeding: the fresh leaves of Rhododendron were mashed and applied to the wound. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

④ Treatment of aphthous ulcer: the fresh leaves of Rhododendron and Platycladus orientalis are mashed in equal amount, mixed with egg white or honey, and applied to the affected area. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of urticaria: Rhododendron Leaf Decoction bath. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] treatment of chronic tracheitis

YINGSHANHONG dry leaf powder was made into 1:1 tincture, 10-20 ml each time, twice a day. More than 1000 patients were treated, and the short-term effective rate was 80%. The effect of antitussive and expectorant is more significant, and those with thick phlegm are easy to cough up. It has also been used as a general cough syrup for cough caused by common cold. The side effects are less. If the daily dosage is more than 3-4 liang of crude drug, dizziness, nausea, rough vomiting, slow heartbeat and other phenomena can occur. Most of them disappear after stopping the drug without any sequelae.